Continental O-470-K
13 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Continental O-470-K engine, rated at about 230 horsepower. The Cessna 180 Skywagon is the model most often fitted with it (9 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1953 and 2017.
The FAA records engines by code, usually at the level of a series ("O-320 series") rather than the exact variant; this page gathers every FAA code that reads as Continental O-470-K. FAA spelling: O-470-K.
Fitted to model families
Cessna 180 Skywagon · Bellanca 14 · Cessna 175 Skylark · Downer BELLANCA 14 · Hendrikus J Vandervoort BEARHAWK
Where they are owner's state
Kind of aircraft
When the aircraft were built by decade
What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Continental O-470-K the component layer
The design is held under 1 type certificate (E-273, held by Continental Aerospace Technologies, INC.). The FAA has issued 28 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 46 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 3 of them in the last ten years.
FAA orders 28 airworthiness directives · newest first
Failure reports 46 since · what operators and shops told the FAA
Parts most often reported as the reports name them
Latest reports
Certificates and bulletins
Safety bulletins 4 · advice, not orders
Sources: the FAA's type certificate data sheets, airworthiness directives, supplemental type certificates, special conditions and special airworthiness information bulletins (Dynamic Regulatory System), and the FAA's service difficulty reports. A failure report is what an operator or repair station chose to file; the counts show reporting as much as reliability, and larger and commercial fleets report more. How the systems are grouped.
Connections how this engine series links to the rest of the register
- Cessna 180 Skywagon 9 with this engine series
- Bellanca 14 1 with this engine series
- Cessna 175 Skylark 1 with this engine series
- Downer BELLANCA 14 1 with this engine series
- Alaska 4 of these aircraft
- Texas 2 of these aircraft
- Washington 1 of these aircraft
- Vermont 1 of these aircraft
- Oregon 1 of these aircraft
- Sutton Aircraft Salvage LLC 1 of these aircraft
- Bhh Leasing #4 LLC 1 of these aircraft
- FAA orders naming the Continental O-470-K 28 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Continental O-470-K 46 reports since 1995
These connections as data: /graph/engine/continental-o-470-k.json · about the eFlight graph.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 13
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Group | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N851DA | Cessna 180 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Bhh Leasing #4 LLC Pensacola, Florida |
Standard | 2025-01-14 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N3374D | Cessna 180 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Vermont |
Special flight permit | 2024-08-27 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N9373T | Cessna 180C |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Af&S LLC Anchorage, Alaska |
Standard | 2019-07-24 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N7100M | Cessna 175 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Oregon |
Experimental | 2019-06-06 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N156V | Cessna 180A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2019-03-29 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N7650B | Bellanca 14-19-2 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Alabama |
Standard | 2018-12-15 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N77AV | Cessna 180H |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Alaska |
Multiple | 2018-03-22 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N1755C | Cessna 180 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Sutton Aircraft Salvage LLC Palmer, Alaska |
Multiple | 2017-11-13 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N38HV | Hendrikus J Vandervoort BEARHAWK |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Texas |
Experimental | 2017-05-15 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N276AK | Cessna 180A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Washington |
Standard | 2015-09-15 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5395D | Cessna 180A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner Alaska |
Standard | 2014-09-29 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N214EP | Cessna 180 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Michigan |
Standard | 2013-09-18 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N9821B | Downer BELLANCA 14-19-2 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner California |
Standard | 2010-06-08 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database (the engine reference table and each aircraft's engine code), October 5, 2026. Horsepower and thrust are the FAA's figures for the series, not for a particular aircraft.